Morning journal and courier., 1887-05-26
THE NATIONAL DRILL,

THE NATIONAL DRILL, The Exhibition Drill by the Sarsfell Guard of New Haven, Connection | Visitors i'm Camp-Camp Washing tom Seventy.FOur Infantry Com I Panies of Which ThIrty-Five Conn pete For PrIzes-The Big Enclosed | Drill Ground - Seats for FIfteel l Thousand Spectators.
 | ISDecial correspondence of the JOURNAL AND CoUR IER.7.
 l WASHINGTON, D. O., May 25.-No nor
 suitable name could have been suggested fo
 the camp ground occupied by the soldiers
 who are to compete for the national drill
 prizes than the name which has been adopt
 ed, "Camp Washington"
 The drawing to determine the order O
 competition in the infantry drill occurred 1 early in the week. The numbers were placed l in box from which a representative of eacl
 company drew number. Out of the seventy
 four infantry companies in camp only thirty
 five will compete for prizes Many compan 1 ies have fallen short of the number of mer
 required for competition, while others who
 have witnessed the specimen drilling of som,
 of the crack companies find it is of no use tc
 compete with them. The following lis
 shows the order in which the companies art | to drill, eight companies competing each day | Possibly other companies will hereafter decide to compete. By this arrangement the Sarsfelds competed to-day.
 l 1. Company A, First Minnesota regiment National Guard, State of New York. 4. Grand Rapids Guard.
 5. Company A, First Battalion, Virginia Color 6. State Guard, Virginia (colored) :. Volunteer Southrons, Vicksburg. 8. Company A, First Virginia regiment. g. Governors Guard, North Carolina. 10. Louisiana Rifles.
 F. Company Q, Second Connecticut. B. Company Q, First New Jersey battalion. IS. Toledo Cadets. '-Ds -''s -' A--i'''''''' 1s. Company A, Washington Cadets (colored).
 is c19s Company Fhird gni Virginis 7frghr regiment 19. Jackson Rifles. Michigan.
 q. Belknap Rifles, Texas
 2. San Antonio.
 A. Sheridan Guards, New Hampshire.
 B. Company B, First Virginia regiment.
 s7 National Rifles Washington
 ss Company D, First Minnesota regiment.
 30 Company 5, Fifth Rhode Island.
 s1. Company I, Second Michigan.
 8. Fort Wayne Rifles.
 34. Company c, Fifth Rhode Island.
 The drilling before the judges will not be at the camp, put aG Iu6 ground, Wl1Cl is short distance from the camp and is en- closed by a monster board fence ten feet high. The drill ground is a beautiful level place about as large as Hamilton Park, and is surrounded for half the distance around the outside by seats which face the drill ground. Seeing so many seats at one view gives rise to the inquiry, what is the seating oapacitya Fifteen thousand persons can be seated and there is standing room for twice as many more.
 The rain of yesterday, which commenced with downpour of water equal to the burst of storm cloud, accompanied by furious gale of wind, tore the roof off from one sec tion of the covered seats, which caused panic among the audience. A boys arm was broken and 8 woman's shoulder injured
 When the Second regiment was here in 1873 the Sarsheld Guard gave an exhibition drill in front of Willard's Hotel The Sars- fields have been requested to give an exhibi- tion drill this week in front of the Arlington and in compliance with the request Captain Clarity has made arrangements to give the drill at an early hour this evening
 J. F. Bradley and J. H. Hayes have enter ed for the individual drill and Sergeant Daley and John Hines will shoot for the | prizes in the rifle contest. J. P. Carney, of New Haven, is enjoying the Washington sights.
 Among the Connecticut people who have
 
 following: P. J. Moran of Hartford, ex- captain of the Hillyer Guard; Major George | a. Larned of New Haven, Vim. Morris and \ Dwight Russell of Ansonia.
 Thomas D. Daley, of New Haven, is with | m opera company at Albaugh's Grand Opera | ,ighly complimented for his execution of the | lifferent parts for which he has been cast.
 F. l.. Newton, of this city, is at Washing | on, D. C., attending the national drill HE STREET PARADE OF THE TRooPs-UN-
 srINTED PRAISE FOR THE sARsFIELDs.
 WASHINGTON, May 25.-The parade of the roops to-day for review by the President las afforded the first opportunity for seeing t once the entire body of those forming the ncampment and it was an unqualified suc- ess. The skies were cloudless, but he cooling effects of the storm of last night lad not passed away while the foliage in the arks was at its best The arrangements or the parade were seasonably completed l nd were carried out almost to the allowed l econd. The head of the column started ! p Seventeenth street promptly at 12 o'clock ent and invited guests ten minutes later his stand had seats for nearly aree hundred persons With the resident were Mrs. Cleveland, Mrs. ' elch and Mrs. Marsev and Colonel and Mrs ' amont. General Sheridan and several lembers of his staff in full uniform were le1r escorts. Among the guests of the drill ere Governor Lee of Virginia and staff, overnor McGill of Minnesota and staff ! ecretary Endicott, Senators Sherman and erman, the Mexican and Japanese ministers Id ladies of their families, and liberal of other legation and army peo- $ Q. The stand was covered with bunting StnnH hnnoofh ha ohoIa of 4Io 1afA- ees which front on the White House , ounds. When the right of the column 'proached the President stepped up on a Ils and in response to the salutes of the I .ssing commands he removed his hat and f owed. Following General Augur and the i illiant staff attached to his headquarters Z me the Marine band. The long pageant V owed past the grand stand in the order an- 'unced on the programme and the wide O we'd avenues selected for the line of march f :orded ample room for the great display, ; d thousands of strangers, with half the i pulation of the Capitol city, filled the win n Ws and lined the pavements along the en- l n @ route. I, The street parade was the only feature of | h edrill programme that was carriedout to day c a heavy shower about D. m necessitated ! o } postponement of the competitive drills h the dress parade later in the day. By st '1tatlon of the Irish American club the i rsheld Guard of New Haven, three officers ] twenty-four men, Captain John Garrity, q, 'e brief exhibition drill at seven o'clock 8 evening in the open space in front of Arlington Hotel. Their evolutions were R de with remarkable celerity and accuracy, if their proficiency in the manual and bay 't exercise called forth unstinted praise.
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